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(40) O.939 - Battlefield after a Canadian charge
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Allies > Canadian and Newfoundland > (40) O.939 - Battlefield after a Canadian charge |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74545840 |
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| Description | Two dead soldiers on the battlefield during World War I. In this rather harrowing image we can see two dead soldiers, in uniform, lying on their backs in the foreground, with a third just visible in the distance. Flies crawl all over the bodies. The soldier nearest us has his arms above his head and his face is just visible. The battlefield is an open expanse of pitted dirt, with no plant life visible. It is unclear which side these soldiers fought on but we do know that the picture was taken, most likely, by a Canadian photographer. It is unlikely that this image would have been published for public consumption, as it does not fit with the upbeat propaganda message the Allies were trying to convey. [Original reads: 'Battlefield after a Canadian charge.'] |
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| Description | Photographs from the Haig series that are connected with Canadian troops and the Newfoundland Regiment of the British Army. |
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| Description | Photographs of various nationalities allied to the British. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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